History on the Eastern Shore — Murals

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Gren Whitman

Depicting local history, a number of public murals across Maryland’s Eastern Shore celebrate the famous — Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Gloria Richardson — as well as the ordinary folks with unsung lives, the enslaved people, hunters, shipwrights, explorers, teamsters, watermen, … Continue reading History on the Eastern Shore — Murals

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Eastern Shore History: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Gren Whitman

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, self-emancipated slaves from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, helped John Brown to plan his radical insurrection at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Neither joined the raid, however. Somewhere between Cordova and Hillsboro near Tuckahoe Creek in Talbot County, … Continue reading Eastern Shore History: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown

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History on the Eastern Shore — Murals

Eastern Shore History: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and John Brown